Representatives from the Queens Public Library system are fighting city officials to ensure that likely cuts aren’t too severe. They are aggressively undertaking a petition drive, both within each library and online. The following petition form is on http://www.savequeenslibrary.org Queens Library is currently facing a severe reduction in city funding.…
While visiting PS 199 earlier this week, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer spoke to several students about neighborhood issues. The students shared an interest in cleaning neighborhood parks. One student asked if the school could come together to clean up Thomas Noonan Park,…
The 2,000 sqf retail space, once the home of Nelsons Christmas Shoppe (spelling is correct), has been rented to two businessmen who are in the midst of establishing a gourmet/farmers market/grocery. The new business, which will be located at 42-24 Greenpoint Ave site, …
A new steak house, with a Tex-Mex flavor, had its grand opening April 10. The restauraunt, called Real Santa Re Steak House, is fairly upmarket for the neighborhood. Its menu includes T-bone steaks, Filet Mignon and Black Angus Skirt Steak — all for between $16 and $18. …
Members of Sunnyside Gardens Park held a big clean up last Saturday. The group collected trash in front of the park (next to Barnett Ave), which has been a major dumping ground for years. Ciaran Staunton, the leader of the Friends of Sunnyside Garden Park,…
The Sunnyside business center around 46th and Greenpoint Ave. is undergoing a revamp. The area, which has arguably looked a little run down, is in the midst of looking a whole lot better. Rite Aid, which as a corporation is […]
NY MAGAZINE 1) Park Slope 2) Lower East Side 3) Sunnyside Greenpoint Ave. and First Calvary Cemetery to Northern Blvd. (along the census tract), 44th St. and Locust to Van Dam St. Sunnyside is a hidden gem if there ever was one—though its communities of Armenians,…
New York City’s Off-Tracking Betting Corp. is on the brink of closing down all of its parlors, which includes its betting shops in Sunnyside and Woodside. New York City’s Off-Track Betting Corp, which is in bankruptcy court, was supposed to shut down all 66 betting parlors for good today (Sunday),…
April 11, 2010, By Christian Murray
A Woodside babysitter who allegedly shook a baby boy to his death has been charged with murder, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office.
Yohani Moran, 37, of 35-47 64th Street was initially charged with felony assault for shaking Dilan Criollo,…
By Angus B. Grieve-Smith The efforts of Sunnyside and Woodside residents to make Skillman and 43rd Avenues safer have paid off in a big way, according to a new report from the city Department of Transportation. When the traffic signals were retimed and bicycle lanes installed on the two avenues,…